Niels Thykier and I were talking on #debian-mentors. I was saying that I
find the debian-mentors list kind of lonely and impersonal -- it's mostly
RFSs, and so many emails don't even get an answer.

How depressing!

So I was thinking it would be nice if every email thread got a public
reply within four days. That's a goal that Niels and I have set, and we
hope maybe some of you help too. Even if we reply, "Eek, I'm swamped. Try
again later," I figure that is nicer than hearing nothing back.

In general, I encourage mentees and mentors to consider 4 days the
timeout on your debian-mentors conversations. So if you email your usual
sponsor and don't hear an answer within 4 days, try once more. After
another four days, email the list asking for a sponsor (explaining that
you have a normal sponsor).

I'm hoping to take some of the uncertainty out of the process. What do you
guys think?

And what other cultural improvements can we make to debian-mentors? What
else can we do to make this place supportive and helpful for the progress
of y'all mentees into sparkly Debian contributors and developers?